Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party (PCF). On the occasion of the unveiling of Picasso's mural "The Fall of Icarus" ("La chute d'Icare") for the conference hall of UNESCO building in Paris. Vallauris, 29 March 1958.
In a tightly packed room, Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party, finds himself at the center of an intense press scrum in Vallauris on 29 March 1958. Captured from a high angle, the seated Thorez, wearing a fedora, is engulfed by a throng of photographers aiming their vintage press cameras with large flashbulb reflectors. The chaotic gathering took place on the occasion of the unveiling of Pablo Picasso’s mural, "The Fall of Icarus," for the UNESCO building in Paris.
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